Three people were arrested by Dutch police on Thursday after environmental activists targeted

Johannes Vermeer 's painting

Girl with a Pearl Earring, the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague and police said.

Two people approached the painting and a third threw an unknown substance on it, but the work, protected under glass, was not damaged, the Mauritshuis said in a statement to AFP.

Images on social media showed activists wearing 'Just Stop Oil' T-shirts.

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